UN expert UN Special Rapporteur on poverty and human rights calls for an urgent rethink in the fight against #poverty, asking states to abandon the use of #GDP as a measure of progress & instead prioritise human rights & well-being in the economic decisions. #HRC56 ohchr.org/en/press-relea…

The media's failure to treat this with the unprecedented urgency it deserves is the biggest mistake in the history of humanity

I'm not generally into the idea that "existence is resistance" in most contexts, but there are cases where it really is.

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The US and UK boycotted the commemoration of the bombing of Nagasaki because Israel wasn't invited. This morning Israel marked the occasion by dropping a 2,000lb bomb on a school sheltering displaced people, killing at least 60.

There's even more power in national government in funding public services rather than relying on the private sector, philanthropy or charity. How to fund it? Tax the super wealthy.

Peaceful climate protesters have just been sentenced to years in jail. And they’re appealing. Join me in telling the new government to scrap Tory anti-protest law now and #StopJailingTruthTellers secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/uk…

I know there’s a lot going on all of the time, but I feel like it’s so important to stay informed about the things going in the right direction in this horrible world we all inherited thehill.com/opinion/intern…

I asked the Foreign Secretary what role Britain has played in flying surveillance aircraft over Gaza, and whether the British army base in Cyprus is being used as a staging point for flights to Israel. He refused to answer.

Some of the key critiques in this review on #degrowth: "few studies use data & formal modelling. 90% is opinions not analysis". Scientists have forgotten that modeling, qual&quant. data are used to study phenomenona "out there". They don't produce a narrative, a philosophy(1/2)

The University of Bath claims to be delivering "a whole institution response to the challenge of Climate Change" yet has invited bp to take part in its career fair. Greenwashing at its finest. independent.co.uk/climate-change…

New report!📯How do we ensure #basicIncome experiments are conducted ethically? Our new report shares case studies and principles to promote fairness, transparency, and respect for all participants ubibath.ac.uk/wp-content/upl… #GuaranteedIncome #SocialPolicy #UBI

Matthew T Johnson Kate Pickett Cleo Ruth Boyle Nick Langridge David Westlake Cameron Thibos Beyond Slavery Common Sense Policy Group The Autonomy Institute Basic Income Conversation The Poverty Alliance IPPR Scotland Piece four! Nick Langridge and Milena Büchs advocate for moving away from an economic growth-dependent welfare model to one that works within planetary boundaries and focusses on needs-satisfaction. Bath UBI Beacon Earth and Environment at Leeds tinyurl.com/yck22x5x

1/ Between 2021–2024, Germany ran one of the most comprehensive #UBI pilots to date. 122 people received €1,200/month for 3 years. No strings attached. A control group of 1,380 got nothing. So… what happened? 🧵👇

No matter how often I see this data, I always find it shocking. Of all the massive growth in output produced by the world's workers since 1980, more than half of it has been captured by the richest 1%. This is what happens when capital controls production.

The Greens requested interview on Laura Kuenssberg with Zack Polanski when elected, but were denied, with promise to interview him during conference instead. This was then scrapped citing the Manchester attack. Polanski is both Jewish and from Manchester bylinetimes.com/2025/10/06/bbc…

Some great insight into what was a positive and hopeful The Green Party conference in my wonderful hometown of sunny, sunny Bournemouth. Thanks Owen Jones coming. The Green wave is well and truly rising. youtu.be/Ds3R8AckpXs?si…

As everyone talks about the 50 Israeli hostages held by Palestinian factions, Palestinian hostages continue to die in Israeli jails: Ahmad Khdeirat died in Negev prison, where he was held without charges since May 2024: the 78th Palestinian to die in Israeli custody since Oct7.

Yesterday, many Palestinians (some children under the age of 18) who had been held without charge & denied their basic rights by the Israeli government were finally released But thousands more remain in arbitrary detention under appalling conditions and must not be forgotten

📣 New paper! I'm delighted to share that our new paper looking at changes to human needs satisfaction within the HudsonUP UBI experiment is now out! With Leah Hamilton link.springer.com/article/10.100…